Rs. Drago et al., ALKYLATION, ISOMERIZATION AND CRACKING ACTIVITY OF A NOVEL SOLID ACID, ALCL2(SG)N, Journal of molecular catalysis, 89(3), 1994, pp. 317-328
Research on the strong acid catalyst, AlCl2(SG)n (where SG = silica ge
l), has been extended to the study of a number of acid-catalyzed react
ions. In the alkylation of benzene and toluene, the catalyst was found
to be active in a batch reactor but gave poor selectivity at elevated
temperatures in a flow reactor. The isomerization of n-butane, n-pent
ane and n-hexane has been examined with particularly successful result
s obtained in the former case. Isomerization of n-butane approached th
e theoretical conversion limit at room temperature and remained at tha
t level when HCl(g) was added to the reaction stream.